On October 25, Beijing time, at 3 p.m. today, the Chinese table tennis official announced the next big list for the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and China's three Olympic champions Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were collectively absent. Then, in just a few minutes, the three of them spoke out on social media almost at the same time, which made the world even more intriguing.
Malone said on social media that after the end of the Olympic Games, he participated in the National Games and leagues one after another, and he was very happy to see so many spectators in the stadium, so that he was determined to continue to stand in front of the table, but the global epidemic disrupted the timeline and rhythm of the event, so many events were held in this half year, as a 33-year-old veteran player, he needed to make a longer-term participation plan for physical training, so he took the initiative to propose to the coaching staff not to go to Houston with the team. I have received the understanding and support of the national team, and I believe that after a period of rest, I will soon meet you on the field.
Xu Xin also expressed the same view. He said that his child is two years old this year, from birth to two birthdays he is not around, the birth of the second child is not around, the family himself has too much debt, but this family is his biggest motivation for the struggle on the field, the Tokyo Olympic Games League is over, just for a while want to accompany the family, do a little in addition to table tennis want to do something, so he missed this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, please continue to support the Chinese team, the Chinese team will definitely return triumphantly. Finally, Xu Xin also stressed that he did not want to retire.
Liu Shiwen said that the Tokyo Olympic Games and the National Games have been over for a while, thank you for the encouragement and support given to her, after 5 years of preparation, her body and mind need time to adjust, so this world table tennis championships she also and the team took the initiative not to participate with the team, hoping to adjust to the best state back to the field, although this time does not go out with the team, but will pay attention to everyone's performance.
It is not difficult to see that when the three Olympic champions talk about the next planning, they all clearly state that they will not retire, and they all talk about the possibility of continuing to play in the future, which fully shows that things may not be as simple as everyone thinks, nor as simple as they say. They happened at the same time, it seems more like avoiding more disagreements caused by speculation from the outside world, putting pressure on the national table tennis preparations. Therefore, what kind of young players can play in this World Table Tennis Championships is even more attention-grabbing, if they can't deliver good answers, then several veterans may have to continue to fight.